Tatterdemalion (noun)
tat-er-di-mal-ee-on
A person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.
1600–10; first written tatter-de-mallian and rhymed with Italian; tatter 1; -de-mallian. ?
Example sentences
“He was known as a tatterdemalion, but loved for his brilliant mind.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
